A New Identity: Enhancing Life Skills and Work-Readiness for Those With a Sexual Offending History
The purpose of this research was to examine the experiences of individuals, with a sexual offending history, who have engaged with a community-based life skills and work-readiness programme. With a view to understand the impact of such programmes on their rehabilitation and to inform a growing body...
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| description | The purpose of this research was to examine the experiences of individuals, with a sexual offending history, who have engaged with a community-based life skills and work-readiness programme. With a view to understand the impact of such programmes on their rehabilitation and to inform a growing body of research around the approaches needed for promoting rehabilitation within this group. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with four participants about their experiences of accessing a community-based charity and three themes were identified using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis: “a place to belong without fear or judgement;” “creating an identity away from offending;” and “space and time to realise own potential.” These findings were discussed in relation to the Good Lives Model; previously identified protective factors for people with a history of sexual offending; and desistance research. The research offers a number of recommendations for practice which can be used by organisations to help them develop an inclusive and meaningful approach to supporting individuals with a history of sexual offending. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e5d3f81e00cf49afad1dcb7b946684182025-08-20T02:20:51ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologySexual Offending2699-84402024-10-011910.5964/sotrap.14531sotrap.14531A New Identity: Enhancing Life Skills and Work-Readiness for Those With a Sexual Offending HistoryRachel Ogden0Emma Tarpey1Psychology Department, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United KingdomPsychology Department, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United KingdomThe purpose of this research was to examine the experiences of individuals, with a sexual offending history, who have engaged with a community-based life skills and work-readiness programme. With a view to understand the impact of such programmes on their rehabilitation and to inform a growing body of research around the approaches needed for promoting rehabilitation within this group. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with four participants about their experiences of accessing a community-based charity and three themes were identified using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis: “a place to belong without fear or judgement;” “creating an identity away from offending;” and “space and time to realise own potential.” These findings were discussed in relation to the Good Lives Model; previously identified protective factors for people with a history of sexual offending; and desistance research. The research offers a number of recommendations for practice which can be used by organisations to help them develop an inclusive and meaningful approach to supporting individuals with a history of sexual offending.https://doi.org/10.5964/sotrap.14531sex offendersgood lives modeldesistancelife skillscommunityinterpretive phenomenological analysis |
| spellingShingle | Rachel Ogden Emma Tarpey A New Identity: Enhancing Life Skills and Work-Readiness for Those With a Sexual Offending History Sexual Offending sex offenders good lives model desistance life skills community interpretive phenomenological analysis |
| title | A New Identity: Enhancing Life Skills and Work-Readiness for Those With a Sexual Offending History |
| title_full | A New Identity: Enhancing Life Skills and Work-Readiness for Those With a Sexual Offending History |
| title_fullStr | A New Identity: Enhancing Life Skills and Work-Readiness for Those With a Sexual Offending History |
| title_full_unstemmed | A New Identity: Enhancing Life Skills and Work-Readiness for Those With a Sexual Offending History |
| title_short | A New Identity: Enhancing Life Skills and Work-Readiness for Those With a Sexual Offending History |
| title_sort | new identity enhancing life skills and work readiness for those with a sexual offending history |
| topic | sex offenders good lives model desistance life skills community interpretive phenomenological analysis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5964/sotrap.14531 |
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